Zebulon Pike Quotes
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
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Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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Stardom happens - you can't plan it - it's destiny, and you shouldn't stand between you and your destiny. I'm letting my destiny play its part, and I go by my gut feeling. If I like my role, I say yes; if I don't, I just refuse, as simple as that.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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People always say, 'You look like Iggy Pop.'
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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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When you're little all the things that are quirky and weird about you and that people laugh at, you find out are the things that are going to get you through
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To say I was near our president, performing at the Nobel Peace Prize... I think that's an amazing thing.
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I think in terms of 20-year horizons.
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We need a liberal agenda in which government resists the temptation to interfere in the lives of individuals but is equally determined to play an active role where creative action can advance the liberties of all.
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While I agree completely that attracting good teachers is difficult, and we need to spend more time doing that - in part by paying them more money - I don't think there's any evidence for the idea that somehow tenure attracts good teachers. In fact, I think the evidence is to the contrary.
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Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
